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EFFector Vol. 36, No. 8 Thursday, June 20, 2024
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A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424
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In our 810th issue:
* UN Poised to Finalize Cybercrime Pact That’s a Blank Check for Surveillance Abuses
The United Nations Ad Hoc Committee is just weeks away from finalizing a
too-broad Cybercrime Convention. This draft would normalize unchecked
domestic surveillance and rampant government overreach, allowing serious
human rights abuses around the world. See also our deep dive [1] on how the
flawed treaty would criminalize the work of security researchers and
investigative journalists.
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* EU Council Presidency’s Last-Ditch Effort For Mass Scanning Must Be Rejected
As the current leadership of the EU Council enters its final weeks, it is
debating a dangerous proposal that could lead to scanning the private files
of billions of people.
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EFF Updates
* How to Fix the Internet Podcast: Building a Tactile Internet
Chancey Fleet wants a technological future that’s more organically attuned
to people’s needs, which requires including people with
disabilities—including impaired vision and blindness—in every step of the
development and deployment process.
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* The Next Generation of Cell-Site Simulators is Here. Here’s What We Know.
This technology is like dragging a fishing net, rather than a single hook in
the water. Every phone in the vicinity connects with the device; even people
completely unrelated to an investigation get wrapped up in the surveillance.
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* Car Makers Shouldn’t Be Selling Our Driving History to Data Brokers and Insurance Companies
Have you got a lead foot when you’re driving? If your car has internet
capabilities, GPS tracking or OnStar, your car knows your driving history.
And now we know: Your car insurance carrier might know it, too.
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* Surveillance Defense for Campus Protests
The recent wave of protests calling for peace in Palestine have been met with
unwarranted and aggressive suppression from law enforcement, universities,
and other bad actors. We suggest some precautions activists should take to
protect themselves and their communities.
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* California Lawmakers Should Reject Mandatory Internet ID Checks
EFF has urged California lawmakers to oppose an ill-advised bill that would
require internet users to show their ID in order to look at sexually explicit
content, effectively censoring the internet for all users.
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* Audio Version of EFFector Newsletter
Here’s an audio version of EFFector. We hope you enjoy it!
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Announcements
* Summer Treats for the Web
EFF is celebrating its 34th anniversary with a miniseries of campfire tales
from our friends, The Encryptids—the rarely-seen creatures who’ve become
digital rights legends. They've come out of the woodwork to celebrate the
virtues of a web that supports online privacy, free expression, and digital
access for everyone. The Encryptids may be mysterious, but your digital
rights shouldn’t be.
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* EFF at Black Hat USA
EFF will be back in Las Vegas for Black Hat USA on August 7 and 8! We'll be
in the Business Hall, where you can come say hi and learn more about the work
we are doing to defend digital freedoms. EFF supporters attending in-person
can get $200 off briefing tickets by using the code "EFF2024" when
registering online.
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* EFF Speakeasy: Berlin
Join Jillian C. York, EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression,
and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meetup on Thursday, June
27 in Berlin, Germany! Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending
digital freedom online.
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* What Does EFF Mean to You?
EFF is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the
digital world, championing user privacy, free expression, and innovation
through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and
technology development. Our mission is to ensure that technology supports
freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.
But what does that mean to you? We’d love to know what you think of EFF:
Why do you support us, how do you see our mission, what’s the issue
you’re most glad that we’re addressing? Drop us a line at
[email protected] [1] and let us know!
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* Welcome Yorba, EFF's Newest Organizational Member!
Welcome to Yorba [1], a secure online account management platform, as EFF’s
newest Growing Leader organizational member [2].
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Job Openings
* Legislative Activist
EFF is seeking a Legislative Activist responsible for communicating to
lawmakers across the country about the importance of EFF's principles to
protect people’s right to privacy, free expression, and innovation. You
have experience with the state legislative process, be it as a legislative
staffer, a lobbyist, an advocate, or a journalist. You are highly organized
and able to balance fast-moving legislative developments across several
states. You are a tactical and strategic thinker able to focus both on the
day ahead and the long game, and a clear communicator who can explain EFF's
issues to a general audience through blog posts and other written materials
or in speeches and testimony. This position is part of a highly
cross-disciplinary Activism team, and will collaborate regularly with our
organizing, legal, and technologist colleagues. Application deadline is
Friday, June 28.
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* Legal Interns
Applications are now open for the Fall 2024 Intern Class, with a deadline of
June 30! EFF’s legal internships provide law students with a unique
opportunity to develop valuable skills and real-world experience while
working with a nationally-recognized public interest law firm. Legal interns
learn from and assist EFF’s staff attorneys in all aspects of litigation,
including legal research, factual investigation, and drafting of memoranda
and briefs, while also helping with policy research, client counseling, and
the development of public education materials (e.g., blog posts). EFF’s
docket ranges across the technological and legal landscape, from online fair
use of copyrighted materials to illegal government spying.
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MiniLinks
- Elon Musk’s X Defeats Australia’s Global Takedown Order of Stabbing Video (Ars Technica)
"Global takedown orders threaten freedom of expression around the world,
create conflicting legal obligations, and lead to the lowest common
denominator of Internet content being available around the world, allowing
the least tolerant legal system to determine what we all are able to read and
distribute online," said EFF’s David Greene.
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- Hacked, Leaked, Exposed: Why You Should Never Use Stalkerware Apps (TechCrunch)
“The people who run these companies are perhaps not the most scrupulous or
really concerned about the quality of their product,” said EFF’s Eva
Galperin.
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- Your Employer Might Be Spying on Your Tech. Here’s How to Check. (Washington Post)
“There’s little transparency” around bossware that employers use to
surveil workers, said EFF’s Hayley Tsukayama. “Even figuring out what is
on your computer can be a huge step to figuring out how you want to deal with
it.”
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